There is a lot of controversy regarding vaccines and autism so I Fat Bastardo decided to debunk it as best I can.
Why Japan banned MMR vaccine | Daily Mail Online
The United States data on autism recently showed that one in 66 American children have the disorder, according to Center for Disease Control findings. However, at the start of the study, only one in 150 children had it. The American Academy of Pediatrics has suggested that guidelines for screening children should be followed more closely. The non-profit organization Autism Speaks stated that early detection and surveillance are two keys in detecting the disorder. Meanwhile, researchers found that both genetics and environmental factors are closely correlated to autism incidences.
UNDER 5 MORTALITY is a measure of country-specific child mortality rates before the age of 5. The United Nations tabulates the data for all countries. The rates are expressed per 1,000 children born. The United States is 34th in the world for under 5 mortality, tied with Greece and behind such diverse countries as France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Cuba, and Slovenia, to name a few. In Table 2, vaccine schedules (where obtainable) and under 5 mortality rates are compared for the 30 countries studied. Note that all 29 other countries have lower (better) under 5 mortality rates than the U.S. NUMBER OF MANDATORY VACCINES AND UNDER 5 MORTALITY RATES FOR TOP 30 COUNTRIES # of Mandatory Mortality Rates Mortality Rate Vaccines Per 1,000 children Worldwide Country (<5 yrs old) Under 5 yrs oldi Rank
# of Mandatory Vaccines Mortality Rates Vaccines Per 1,000 children
United States 36 7.8 34
Iceland 11 3.9 1
Sweden 11 4.0 2
Singapore 13 4.1 3
Japan 11 4.2 4
Norway 13 4.4 5
Finland 12 4.7 6
Hong Kong 13 4.7 7
Czech Republic 20 4.8 8
Korea, South n.a. 4.8 9
Switzerland 16 5.1 10
France 17 5.2 11
Spain 20 5.3 12
Belgium 18 5.3 13
Germany 22 5.4 14
Austria 19 5.4 15
Australia 27 5.6 16
Israel 11 5.7 17
Denmark 12 5.8 18
Netherlands 20 5.9 19
Canada 28 5.9 20
United Kingdom 20 6.0 21
Italy 13 6.1 22
Ireland 24 6.2 23
Channel Islands n.a. 6.2 24
Slovenia 14 6.4 25
New Zealand 21 6.4 26
Cuba n.a. 6.5 27
Luxembourg 23 6.6 28
Portugal 19 6.6 29
Brunei n.a. 6.7 30
Cyprus 23 6.9 31
Malta 14 7.6 32
Croatia 18 7.7 33
